17
Jul
2010
Spokane gets a CSW!
Our friend Kyle from Spokane received his new winch last week! We were so pumped to be able to deliver it to him and finally do some towing in the flats of eastern Washington. Kyle picked up the controls and seemed to be a natural after running 3 tows. Yeah buddy! Thanks for the tows.
I don’t think you could dream of a better place for towing paragliders and hang gliders. The miles and miles of road without any power lines or obstructions conjure up limitless thoughts stress free XC flying. For those who aren’t familiar, Chelan Washington is a mecca for free flight. The flat lands outside of Chelan are world renowned for long distance cross country flights. Typically, people launch from a site across the river and glide over to the flats and go on long flights from that point. Another way to fly there is to go towing in the flats and catch thermals for a flight from there on. We tried both.
Right off tow…from one of those roads…I lost track of which one tho….
The difference between our launch point on the tow road (upper photo)….vs….Chelan Butte (lower photo):
Big thank you to Super Fly Paragliding for letting me ride new Advance Omega 8 paraglider for the week! What an awesome wing. So stable, fast, and what a glide!
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